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Five Frugal Things | food waste prevention

The Frugal Girl

I did not plan this to be themed, but today’s Five Frugal Things is gonna be all food-related! It’s basically a tour through my adventures in trying to avoid food waste. So now I can throw together some simple lunch bowls with the lentils, sweet potatoes, and sauce.

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Want a Month of Free Groceries? Stop Wasting Food | Kitchen Economics Link Up

Family Balance Sheet

Eating leftovers is one of my tenets of saving money in the kitchen but I am even guilty of wasting food at times. I started wondering how much money I am actually wasting when I throw food away. According to the EPA, Americans dump 34 million tons of food a year and it accounts for 14% of total municipal waste.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 12.14.18

Family Balance Sheet

I cut them both up and served as a side for 3 nights of dinners and 3 school lunches for each daughter. It’s a large recipe and covered us for 2 dinners and a couple of lunches for myself. My family was not thrilled, but we need to reduce our food waste. Monday: Leftover night! summer corn.

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Day 16: How to Stop Food Waste in the Kitchen

Family Balance Sheet

Day 16 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Avoid Food Waste. family of four discards around $1,500 a year on food. family of four discards around $1,500 a year on food. Imagine saving your family’s budget $1500 a year just by being more aware of your food waste and taking action to stop it.

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Weekly Meal Plans

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We each received a set number of food points to use each week. We tried making meal plans for two week periods before going shopping, but that led to some food waste since we are sometimes hit with specific cravings and ignore the plan willy-nilly. Breakfasts and Lunches. Lunches also are very easy.

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RecycleBank: Earn 180 New Points!

Couponing 101

Learn about reducing lunch waste to get 150 points. Learn about reducing food waste. RecycleBank has a new opportunity to Earn 180 Points! Here’s how: Sign up with RecycleBank Click on “Earn 150 Points” in the image above. Click on “Earn 30 Points” in the image below. See more points-earning opportunities here !

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Recyclebank: 180 Free Recyclebank Points

For the Mommas

Tons of stuff gets wasted at lunch, and your money is just the start. Reduce your food waste. Learn what you can do about it at Recyclebank and earn 150 points! Earn 30 points when you visit Recyclebank to check out our tips on kitchen creativity and smarter shopping. Free Stuff Freebies'

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